From Sanjay Borkar in Margao
Daijiworld Media Network - Margao

Margao, January 23: The  two-day 12th National Conference on  e-Governance will be held in Goa under the joint auspices of the department of administrative reforms and public  grievances (DAR&PG), department of information technology(IT), government of India and  the department of IT, government of Goa on February 12 and 13, 2009.

A meeting was held at the conference hall of the state secretariat in Porvorim,  presided  by  Prabhas Kumar Jha, joint secretary, DAR&PG to review the progress in preparations  for the two-day event.

The meeting was attended by Lekha Kumar, director, e-governance of DAR&PG, Narendra Kumar, secretary, information  and publicity, Udipta  Ray, secretary, IT,   Shantaram R Shet,  managing director of Infotech Corporation  Goa, Prasad Loleyekar, director, art and culture, apart from senior officials of the departments of police, transport, electricity and  protocol.

The Governor of Goa Dr Shivinder Singh Sidhu will inaugurate the conference at Hotel Holiday Inn, Cavelossim, South Goa at 5.30 pm on February 12. Chief minister Digambar Kamat will preside over the programme.

Earlier, a meeting was held at the conference hall of the chief secretary's office under the chairmanship of J P Singh, chief secretary, to deliberate on the arrangements for the conference and involve participation of the state departments and for striking coordination towards making the conference a success.

The total number of 800  delegates are expected to attend the conference, including ministers, chief  secretaries, secretaries, heads of departments of various states in the country, captains of  industries, NGOs and the  student community from professional Colleges among others, related with the IT Sector.

During the two-day Conference, awards will be presented to personalities for meritorious  contribution to the IT Sector.  The list of awardees is expected to be announced soon.